(LifeSiteNews) — Former U.S. President Donald Trump was officially booked into the Fulton County, Georgia jail on Thursday evening after voluntarily surrendering in response to a slew of felony charges connected to his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
According to a booking record from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, Trump was booked Thursday and formally charged with 13 felonies for his actions with regard to Georgia in the immediate aftermath of the 2020 election.
Those alleged crimes include: three counts of Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer; two counts each of Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree, Conspiracy to Commit False Statements and Writings, and False Statements and Writings; and one count each of Violation of the Georgia RICO Act, Conspiracy to Commit Impersonating a Public Officer, Conspiracy to Commit Filing False Documents, and Filing False Documents.
Speaking to reporters outside Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Trump said it was “a very sad day for America.”
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“You should be able to challenge an election,” he said. “I thought the election was a rigged election, a stolen election, and I should have every right to do that.”
As LifeSiteNews previously reported, the Fulton County grand jury turned in its 98-page indictment on Aug. 14, charging Trump and 18 associates in connection with Trump’s alleged attempts to pressure Georgia officials into tilting the 2020 election results in his favor. His supporters have argued that that claim is inaccurate and that Trump simply sought to identify and toss out illegal ballots.
Prosecutors utilized a racketeering statute (RICO) that the Associated Press has noted is “normally associated with mobsters” to bring the charges.
In addition to Trump, the other individuals charged in the indictment are: Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Ken Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Ray Stallings Smith III, Robert Cheeley, Mike Roman, David Shafer, Shawn Micah Tresher Still, Stephen Lee, Harrison Floyd, Trevian Kutti, Cathleen Latham, Scott Hall, and Misty Hampton.
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2023
Mugshots of Trump’s allies have gone viral on social media this week, with conservative commentators sharing a general consensus that American politics have taken a novel and dangerous turn.
In an official statement at the time of the indictment, Trump’s campaign said the fourth and latest indictment is “un-American and wrong,” arguing that it presents “a grave threat to American democracy.”
Ashley Sadler
Ashley Sadler is a California-based journalist for LifeSiteNews. She has a deep love of American history and the Traditional Latin Mass. In her free time she enjoys mountain-biking, taking road trips, and reading classic literature. You can follow on her on Twitter @asadler216
